“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast” (Heb. 6:19).
Plant your hope. If you focus it on a particular problem in your life, it will grow up and become greater. Greater than what? Greater than the problem!
Hope is a very powerful force. And it is inside you if you are born of God. Do you understand that? The moment you received Jesus Christ as your Lord, the Spirit of the living God came to live inside you. Your inner man was reborn in His image. God literally became the Father of your spirit.
Just as your body took on the same genes and traits of your natural mother and father when you were born, your spirit took on the spiritual “genes,” so to speak, of your Heavenly Father when you were reborn.
Your spirit took on His hope, His faith, His love—and all the other spiritual forces that are characteristic of Him. All of them together are called eternal life. The Greek word for it is Zoe. It’s a word that defies definition. So the best way I can explain zoe is by saying it’s the part of God that makes Him God. And He invested zoe in your spirit when you made Jesus the Lord of your life.
This isn’t a human kind of hope. It’s God’s kind. It’s one of the supernatural forces He used to create the universe, and He put it inside you when you were born again. But before you can use it, you have to be absolutely certain that you have it.
“But, Brother Copeland, you don’t understand. My circumstances have been bad for so long, I don’t have any hope anymore!”
Yes, you do! Hebrews 6:19 says so. You may feel totally hopeless right now. This may be the most hopeless moment of your entire life. But, according to the Word of God, you have hope. God Himself is your hope. So the first thing you need to do is acknowledge that. Say, “Thank God, I have hope!” You have to get in agreement with God and His Word.
Hope. You have it living within you right now. Realize that. Use it. Feed it. Speak it. Guard it. Put it to work with the Word of God for a blueprint to victory.
Speak the Word: Hope is the anchor of my soul, both sure and steadfast. (Hebrews 6:19)
For Further Study: 1 Peter 3:15-22
Daily Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 5-6; Psalm 64
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aka: Kenneth Copeland Ministries
For the last 50 years Kenneth and Gloria Copeland have been passionately teaching Christians all over the world how to apply the principles of faith found in God's WORD to their lives.
They have seven ministry offices around the world: United States, Canada, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Ukraine and Latin America. Their God-given directive is to preach and teach the uncompromised WORD of God on every available voice, which is being accomplished through a variety of channels, including our Believer's Voice of Victory TV and radio broadcasts, podcast and magazine; Believers' Conventions, Victory Campaigns and Living Victory meetings; published books, website, and social media channels, to name a few.
With the expansion of technology, they have more work to do now than ever. They are determined to let the world know Jesus is LORD, and they are not slowing down anytime soon!